Fear Factor Birthday Party

June 4th, Sara turned 10 years old. It is crazy to think she is that old, or should I say that I am old enough to have a ten year old. This year she decided to do a Fear Factor/Survivor birthday party. We had so much fun planning it. First we split the girls into teams. And each team came up with a name according to the color of bandana they were wearing.

The Pink Flamingos
The Green Giants
The Survivors
The first game: As a team putting a puzzle together to test their smarts.
The Survivors won!!!
The next game was a bubble blowing contest. Everyone on the team had to have a bubble blown, and the first team to do so won. Pink Flamingos won!
Next, we had bowls of jello will gummy worms inside. Each person on the team had to use their feet to get a worm out then run back and tag their team mate. They all ended up with red toes.
Balancing contest... They had to balance on one leg. Well 6 girls lasted over 5 minutes so we gave each player 5 points for their team.
Next we had pie tins full of whip cream with gummy worms inside. They had to use their mouths to get a worm out, and then tag their team mate.
This is the end result. They had a blast getting messy!!

Next they had to see which team could get the most water in the cup. The team mate standing had a cup of water and were blind folded. The person in the chair was holding a small cup and the person standing had to try to fill up the empty cup. The girls got a little wet.

I don't think Sara was able to get much water in this cup. I just think Sammie got soaked.
Sara is it cold???

Then we measured each teams water to see who had the most.
Soon it was time for shaving cream. We put shaving cream on one person per teams arms, and their team mates had 5 cheetos. Each girl had to throw the chips on to the person trying to get them to stick.
The team with the most cheeteos won.
Finally it was time for the obstacle course. The girls had to get a plastic worm with their mouths out of the swim pool.
Go through the swings...
Down the slide . . .
And on the slip n' slide while carrying a water balloon. If the water balloon popped they had to start over. Then the next person went. Each team was timed and the best time won. The prizes were whoopee cushions, slimy hands, and a balloon toy.
After all the games, it was time to eat some Dirt. Worms, ice cream, and oreos.
While everyone ate, Sara opened her gifts. The party went longer than planned so I called all the moms and told them to come a half hour later to pick up the girls. So while they waited to be picked up, the girls slip n slide some more.

After the party, I took Sara birthday shopping for a bike. However, they were still a little big for her (the 10 speeds), so she got a skirt, shirt and shorts . . .

rollerblades . . .
and her most favorite thing a glitter bouncy ball.
Then everyone went outside to play hockey with their rollerblades on. Nicole and Ben had fun getting the ball from each other.
Go Sara!! They played for an hour or so. It was such a fun day! I am glad I was able to spend so much time with Sara and have this special day.

Dance Recital and Practice

On June 1st we had dance recital practice. Nicole loves to perform. When she dances her personality is shown.
Nicole waiting for her turn to practice her dance on stage.
Nicole practicing her Clouds dance. She loves doing ballet. Her other dance is the one that shows her attitude, especially during the hip hop part. She is so cute!

Sara practicing her dance. I am so proud of her and all that she has done. It has only been 6 weeks since her surgery, and she is basically 100 percent. She can do everything but the turns. It amazes me how fast bodies can recover. It is amazing!
Sara loves to perform as well. In fact she is so quiet normally, but on stage she shines. She is always winking to the audiences, smiling big, and strutting her stuff! We are proud of you Sara.
The day of the recital. Dressed in costumes and makeup! While we waited in line at the Salem Hills High School, the girls played Go Fish with Sammie and Chey.
Sara and Nicole before the recital.

Sunday Afternoon

Before we ate dinner at Grandma's and Grandpa's, Grandpa took us on a ride. Ben was excited to drive. Nicole better hold on tight.
Nicole loves taking pictures of flowers. After dinner we went and visited Craig's best friend Jeff. He was up from Arizona. It was fun visiting and helping Jeff cheer on the Penguins and eat fig newtons. That short visit, turned Tyler into a hockey fan, and we ended up watching the next few games. Unfortunately we missed the finally game where the penguins took the cup.
While Craig and Jeff talked the kids wrestled.

Ben won! Watch out Ty in a few years you will be in trouble.
Hang on Ben! Have fun and enjoy the ride.

After visiting Jeff, we went back to my parents home, because Sunday isn't Sunday unless we have our Ice Cream!!!

Giving in to peer pressure

On May 30th, Tyler gave into peer pressure and decided to follow the members of his ball team and shave his head. He was wanting to for a week or so, he just had to convince mom and wait for dad to have time to cut it.
Tyler excited to shave his hair off. His hair was super long, because he wouldn't let us cut it unless we shaved it. Finally after convincing his mom, he got to do it. This was the first time he was excited to get his hair cut. Usually we have to fight him.
He better not change his mind! Or he would look funny!!
All finished! The masterpiece is complete. What a handsome boy!!!
My turn! But when it came down to it, Ben wouldn't let us touch his hair.

Take me out to the ball game

On May 30th, we went up to South Jordan to watch Tyler play a baseball game.
Trey, Tyler, Mason wait in the dug out before the game started.
Tyler up to bat. He is right handed but bats left handed. He walked the first time up. The second time up he got on with a hit, and this time up he got a hit.
The ball was hit hard to the pitcher.
The pitcher bobbled it and Tyler ran so fast that he was safe at first.
Tyler stealing to third base.
Tyler stealing home.



Tyler stole every base to make it in home, and he was safe.
The 4th inning Tyler pitched.


He ended up striking out a few kids, even the other teams all-star player, who happened to hit an inside the park home run. He was very excited. They ended up losing the game, but Ty played great and had a fun time! After the game we went and ate lunch at Wendy's with Grandma and Grandpa Lemon.

I love these pictures of Ty, because they show how serious he is when he is playing and how determined he is to play well. We love you buddy!

Sara's School's Out Party

Sara's friend had a HUGE end of school party. She invited their entire class and so did her little sister, so between the two classes and everyone in the neighborhood hanging out, there was probably close to 60 kids. They had a great time, dancing, eating, playing games, throwing marshmallows, and of course talking and FLIRTING!
Sara and her friends
The boys just chillin out
Lets get this party started! The girls and a few of the boys enjoyed dancing the night away.
They even did a few disco moves. They are practicing the lawn mower right now.
Smile big for the camera!
The neighbors were sweet because they let Nicole join in on the fun! Sara was sweet to not care if her little sis was taggin' along.
They had a surprise visitor at the party- None other than Mrs. Patrick and Mrs. Trimble.
Dancing all night long!!! After dancing they started doing Mrs. Sally Walker.
At 11 p.m. I had visitors show up at the house, Sara and friends in search of some . . . .
Pizza!!!!

Tyler's Last Day of School Party

Tyler's last day of school party started out as being a small party of 4 or 5 boys, but after talking with mom's it ended up becoming a BIG party of 15 or so boys. I must admit they had a lot more fun, bigger was better. The boys from Ty's baseball team got together at 3:30 p.m. and a few mom's took them to see the movie Night at the Museum. Then around 5:30 p.m. they were dropped off at our house for Smear the Queer, pizza, baseball, and playing in the sand box.
Smear the Queer got a little violent at times, but everyone had a blast.
What could be better than football, pizza, and school being out???? Absolutely Nothing!!
Then the boys got silly and decided to bury Mike. They were pretending to be sad.
Mikey enjoyed his resting spot for a moment, until it was time to play baseball.

After baseball the boys went to Zak's house to watch Down and Derby outside on their projector screen. When they arrived it was still light outside, so they decided to go door bell ditching. Finally it was dark so the movie began. After the movie, the boys were exhausted. They slept soundly thinking of baseball, since they would be waking up in a few hours to play a baseball game in South Jordan.

What a great last day of school party!!!

Pioneer Day

Sara with her log cabin she made for Pioneer Day. The kids all dress up as pioneers and then they were judged on different things. During the day they participated in many pioneer events. They had a great time. Sara's log cabin won a prize for being most authentic. Way to go Sara! All of the hours it took paid off.

Sara and her friends dressed as pioneers: Maddie, Lexie, Sara, Sydney A and Sydney B.